Ninja Cyclists / High Viz / lack of lights - your opinions please

[Alan O]

A friend of mine was wearing a high-viz jacket once, and he fell down a big hole - they're not so safe, are they?

 

[Alan O]

... dual carriageway ... You won't catch me on them, it's too dangerous.

There are often times when I reckon the dual carriageways round here are the safest places to cycle. The ones I use have decent wide lanes, some double yellows, are well lit after dark and relatively quiet, and offer good visibility - and I rate them as significantly safer than some of the narrow single carriageways with poorer lighting and parked cars adding to the risk.

Oh, and to comment on unlit cyclists, when I restarted last year I was a bit shocked by the number of young guys I saw on bikes after dark, dressed in the Scouse uniform of black tracksuit, and with no lights. But I soon realised that the local papers aren't full of stories of accidents, so the evidence suggests they're being seen and not being hit (not that I'd recommend it, of course).

Alan

 

[Welsh wheels]

There are often times when I reckon the dual carriageways round here are the safest places to cycle. The ones I use have decent wide lanes, some double yellows, are well lit after dark and relatively quiet, and offer good visibility - and I rate them as significantly safer than some of the narrow single carriageways with poorer lighting and parked cars adding to the risk.

Oh, and to comment on unlit cyclists, when I restarted last year I was a bit shocked by the number of young guys I saw on bikes after dark, dressed in the Scouse uniform of black tracksuit, and with no lights. But I soon realised that the local papers aren't full of stories of accidents, so the evidence suggests they're being seen and not being hit (not that I'd recommend it, of course).

Alan

Agreed. Dual carriageways provide ample room (i.e. a whole lane) for drivers to safely overtake.

 

[Alan O]

Agreed. Dual carriageways provide ample room (i.e. a whole lane) for drivers to safely overtake.

Covfefe!

 

[Pale Rider]

A couple of dual carriageways near me are great to cycle on when it's a bit quieter during the day or later in the evening.

The motor traffic tends to pass in lane two, leaving me with all of a nicely surfaced lane one to play on.

 

[Will Spin]

Didn't get out on my bike today due to driving back from relative visiting. I saw a large number of ninja motorists driving black cars in torrential rain with no lights on..rant required.

 

[Drago]

I wouldn't say Ronnie Pickering is hard, but when he crosses the street in normal clothes the cars have to look both ways.

 

[Lonestar]

A friend of mine was wearing a high-viz jacket once, and he fell down a big hole - they're not so safe, are they?

No,holes aren't safe.

 

[ufkacbln]

No,holes aren't safe.

Holes should wear HiViz........ and have lights

 

[Tanis8472]

Holes are perfectly safe,it's standing on the edge that isn't

 

[Drago]

Does Ronnie Pickering wear hi vis? Is he not hard as nails and completely invulnerable to harm? I rest my case.

 

[jefmcg]

Poor flounce.

3/10.

You have to give extra points for sticking the dismount.

 

[classic33]

Holes are perfectly safe,it's standing on the edge that isn't

Falling in is worse. What's at the bottom of them?

 

[classic33]

You have to give extra points for sticking the dismount.

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On Thursday night(23:13) though, just not posting.

 

[Alan O]

Holes should wear HiViz........ and have lights

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Funnily enough, the hole my friend fell down was surrounded by proper high-viz safety barriers - he was the one who had just erected them